Fortune Roulette by Pragmatic Review

Fortune Roulette was released by Pragmatic Play in January 2025 and is based on the rules of European rouletteBased on hands-on review, . However, unlike many other roulettes of this type, multipliers here are applied to all inside bets, not only to straight-ups. Accordingly, their standard payouts are reduced.

Multipliers in Fortune Roulette are divided into three categories: base multipliers up to x540, the Collector feature allowing up to x3240, and the bonus round up to x9000. The Collector chest can gather all multipliers of the round and assign them to one number, while the bonus round turns the game into a 5-reel slot where multipliers are collected with chest symbols. Therefore, based on these features, the game process is as follows:

1. Players are given 18 seconds to place their bets. Then, from 1 to 6 central chests open, assigning multipliers up to x540 to random numbers.
2. The Bonus chest on the left opens every spin and determines one random number for entry into the bonus round.
3. The chest on the right may also open randomly, activating the Collector feature. This feature also determines one random number, with the payout calculated as the sum of all multipliers of the current round.
4. At the end of the spin, if a winning number has a multiplier, the payout is increased accordingly. For inside bets, the multiplier is divided by the number of covered numbers. Without multipliers, players receive reduced payouts.
5. In practice, if a number with a bonus wins, five spins are launched on the 5-reel slot. To activate multipliers on the coins, a chest must also appear on the reels.
6. When three chests appear in the bonus round, players receive five additional spins and multipliers are increased: x2 after the first three, x5 after the second, and x10 after the third.
7. The maximum multiplier of x9000 is available only in the bonus round. After it ends, players return to the main game and the process starts again.

For Fortune Roulette, Pragmatic states that the RTP for outside betsremains the standard 97.3%. Forinside bets, since multipliers are applied to them, the RTP varies from 95.07% to 97.3%. Let us check if this is the case.

$\mathrm{RTP}=100\%-\left(\right|\frac{(-\mathrm{bet\; amount}\times \mathrm{odds\; of\; loss})+(\mathrm{bet\; payout}\times \mathrm{bet\; amount}\times \mathrm{odds\; of\; win})}{\mathrm{Bet\; Amount}}|\times 100\%)$

As a base, let us take a straight-up bet. The payout for this bet in Fortune Roulette is 23:1. for instance, our bet amount is $5. The odds of winning are 1/37, the odds of losing are 36/37. Substituting the necessary data, we can see the realRTPfor the straight-up. You can also substitute data for other bets and verify that the actual RTP for them will also be lower than the stated value.

$\mathrm{RTP}=100\%-\left(\right|\frac{(-5\times 36/37)+(23\times 5\times 1/37)}{5}|\times 100\%)=64.9\%$

The main feature of Fortune Roulette, as already mentioned, is the application of multipliers to all inside bets. An additional advantage is the presence of three types of multipliers. Regular multipliers up to x540 in the main game appeared often, but usually not at the maximum values, more often up to x168. The Collector option was rarer. Numbers for the bonus round appear every spin, but in practice, even when entering the bonus, achieving the maximum x9000 win is rare. Therefore, we advise you not to rely heavily on the bonus round and to consider it as an additional chance.

The main focus should be on using six-line bets. The reason for this is simple. If you compare the standard European roulette paytable with Fortune Roulette, you may notice that the payout reduction for this particular bet is the smallest compared to other inside bets. In classic roulette, six-line bets pay 5:1, while here they pay 3:1, a difference of only 2 points. For other inside bets, the difference is greater, so theSix Lineloses the least. At the same time, it provides broad table coverage, and multipliers increase its potential: up to x90 in the main game, up to x540 with Collector, and up to x1500 in the bonus (since the payout is divided by the number of covered numbers, that is, by 6).